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adjective satellite • bitter or scornful • showing a brooding ill humor | ||||
| 25% | 10 | Act in a sensible manner | ||
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| 24% | 14 | Expectation to act in a way that a sensible person would in the same situation | ||
noun • the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty | ||||
Gloomy But Sensible About Act 1
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SATURNINE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SATURNINE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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➡️ | Act gloomy
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19 Apr 2005 | New York Times / 19 Apr 2005 |
➡️ | Act in a sensible manner | |
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26 Dec 2012 | New York Times / 26 Dec 2012 |
➡️ | Expectation to act in a way that a sensible person would in the same situation | |
➡️ | I act dumb and act tight-lipped
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10 Oct 2006 | The Guardian Cryptic / 10 Oct 2006 |
➡️ | In the act (Act II, ii), like Macbeth
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07 Oct 2015 | The Guardian Cryptic / 07 Oct 2015 |
➡️ | Word, from “lump of bread given to a beggar”, that over time changed its meaning from said charitable act to a corrupt act informally called a back-hander, boodle, bung or buy-off
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